Addicted to Love 1997  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, Lee Wilkof, Dominick Dunne, Larry Pine
Naive astronomer Sam (Matthew Broderick) meets and joins forces with a photographer/artist, Maggie (Meg Ryan), in their obsessive moves to keep track of ex-lovers. The plot is pure "Hollywood": boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl falls in love with boy. But the actors are engaging, and this comedy works.
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Airport 1970 G, 137 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Helen Hayes, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins, Jessie Royce Landis, Whit Bissell
Of the five "Airport" films, this first one is the only one worth your time. Based on Arthur Haley's novel by the same name it is filled with suspense as a plane is stuck on the needed runway during a VERY snowy night. Helen Hayes won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton).
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 Alice in Wonderland 1983  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Kirk Browning
Cast: Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, Donald O'Connor, Geoffrey Holder, Austin Pendleton, Maureen Stapleton, Zeljko Ivanek, Nathan Lane, Fritz Weaver
The Broadway revival production was staged for the TV cameras in this telling of the classic story. Highlight: well-known cast.
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 Bye Bye Birdie 1963  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Ann - Margret, Janet Leigh, Jesse Pearson, Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Frank Albertson, Frank Sully, Ed Sullivan
This entertaining film version of the popular Broadway musical features Jesse Pearson as rock star Conrad Birdie who is drafted into the army and coerced into making songwriter Albert Peterson's (Dick Van Dyke) new song a hit that will be sung on the "Ed Sullivan Show."
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Cocoon 1985  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Tahnee Welch, Maureen Stapleton, Gwen Verdon
Ron Howard's fun and well-made film concerns aliens retrieving "friends" stored undersea for 10,000 years and then placing them in an abandoned pool. They encounter old folks from a retirement home who have discovered that the cocoons have incredible restorative powers. The "old folks" are terrific, especially Don Ameche who won an Oscar for his performance.
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Cocoon: The Return 1988  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Gilford, Gwen Verdon, Courteney Cox, Tahnee Welch
At the end of "Cocoon," a group of retirees leaves with the aliens because the prospect of growing old and infirm terrifies them. Now, the rejuvenated retirees return to Florida for a visit, and each couple must decide whether to stay or go back with the "friends." Not as good as the previous film, but entertaining.
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The Fan 1981  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Edward Bianchi
Cast: Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Hector Elizondo, Michael Biehn, Anna Maria Horsford, Kurt Johnson, Dwight Schultz, Dana Delany, Kaiulani Lee, Feiga Martinez, Reed Jones, Charles Blackwell, Terence Marinan, Lesley Rogers
Sally Ross (Lauren Bacall) is a stage star who has a BIG fan, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn). The trouble is, Douglas is psychotic and is now stalking her since Sally has rejected him. If he can't have her, he will make sure that no one else can, and he attacks her on the subway.
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The Fugitive Kind 1959 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Emory Richardson, Lucille Benson, Madame Spivy, Virgilia Chew, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., John Baragrey
This screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play stars Marlon Brando as Val Xavier, a drifter involved in a love affair with Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani)
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Heartburn 1986 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Spacey, Richard Masur, Catherine O'Hara, Steven Hill, Milos Forman, Mamie Gummer, Anna Maria Horsford, Kenneth Welsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Joanna Gleason
This film is based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her marriage and divorce from Washington Post columnist Carl Bernstein. Rachel (Meryl Streep) is a New York food editor, and Mark (Jack Nicholson) is a Washington, D.C. political columnist who she meets at a wedding. They marry, and Rachel quits her job in New York to move to Washington. Soon, they have a baby, and then another is on the way. Life is good–until pregnant Rachel learns that Mark is having an affair, and the marriage ends in divorce.
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Interiors 1978 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Geraldine Page, Richard Jordan, E.G. Marshall, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston, Henderson Forsythe
Woody Allen's attempt at drama is good film fare. The plot involves three sisters and their parents whose relationships have deteriorated. The film received five Oscar nominations, including Best Actress (Geraldine Page), Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton), and Director.
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Johnny Dangerously 1984 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito, Ray Walston
This satire on 1930s gangster flicks features Michael Keaton as Johnny Kelly who turns to crime when faced with needing money for his mother's (Maureen Stapleton) hospital bills. But, our hero manages to hide his gangster associations from his loving family.
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Letters from Frank 1979 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Parone
Cast: Art Carney, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Farrell, Lew Ayres, Margaret Hamilton, Michael J. Fox, Gail Strickland, Jenny O'Hara, Blu Mankuma
Newspaperman Frank (Art Carney) is forced into retirement due to a computer taking over his work. Frank bucks the system and, with the help of his wife (Maureen Stapleton), succeeds in his efforts to overturn the decision. Nineteen-year-old Michael J. Fox makes his debut in this good film. (The "letters" referred to in the title are those sent to his oldest son (Mike Farrell) expressing frustrations with his situation.)
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Little Gloria...Happy at Last 1982 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Plummer, Maureen Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Glynis Johns, Michael Gross, John Hillerman, Barnard Hughes, Lucy Gutteridge
Based on a true story, this plot involves the 1934 custody trial of eight-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt whose Aunt Gertrude (Angela Lansbury) fights for control of her niece.
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Lonelyhearts 1958 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Dolores Hart, Maureen Stapleton, Frank Maxwell, Jackie Coogan, Mike Kellin, Frank Overton, Onslow Stevens
Based on Nathaniel West's novel, this is a fair representation of his story about Adam White (Montgomery Clift) who takes on the "Miss Lonelyhearts" column for his newspaper. Maureen Stapleton received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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Lost and Found 1979 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Maureen Stapleton, Hollis McLaren, John Cunningham, Paul Sorvino, Ken Pogue, John Candy, Martin Short
Adam (George Segal) is a university professor and widower who romances and marries divorcee Tricia (Glenda Jackson), BUT their ensuing marriage cannot be described as "happily ever after."
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Made in Heaven 1987 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Debra Winger, Maureen Stapleton, Mare Winningham, Ann Wedgeworth, Don Murray, Amanda Plummer, Marj Dusay, Tim Daly
A young hero (Timothy Hutton) dies and goes to Heaven where he falls in love. As fate would have it, his lover (Kelly McGillis) is chosen to go to Earth to inhabit the body of a newborn infant.
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The Money Pit 1986 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff, Carmine Caridi, Brian Backer, John Van Dreelen, Billy Lomardo, Lucille Dobrin, Mia Dillon, Douglass Watson
Walter and Anna Fielding (Tom Hanks and Shelley Long) buy a beautiful old house in suburban New York. The cost of the home was next to nothing. But, as Walter and Anna discover, there is a reason for the low price: the house is badly in need of repair. Walter borrows money to fix the house, and then he and Anna attempt to repair it themselves. Anyone who ever went through house reconstruction, or even dreamed of it, will enjoy this funny movie about the pitfalls of home construction.
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Nuts 1987 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Robert Webber, Leslie Nielsen, James Whitmore, William Prince, Dakin Matthews
Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) is a prostitute who has killed her customer. The public defender (Richard Dreyfuss) tries to present a defense and give her a right to a fair trial. Meanwhile, her parents want her committed to a mental hospital.
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Reds 1981 PG, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Edward Herrmann, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Nicolas Coster, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, George Plimpton
This movie tells the story of the Russian Revolution and mixes in the love story of John and Louise (Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton) who are swept up in the momentum of change. Academy Awards were received by Warren Beatty for his directing and Maureen Stapleton for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Actress (Keaton), and Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson).
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The Runner Stumbles 1979 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Tammy Grimes, Beau Bridges, Allen Nause, John Procaccino, Bill Dore, Jock Dove
Director Stanley Kramer adapted this film from a Broadway play about a priest, Father Rivard (Dick Van Dyke), accused of murdering a young nun, Sister Rita (Kathleen Quinlan).
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Summer of '42 1971 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Gary Grimes, Jennifer O'Neill, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Christopher Norris, Lou Frizzell, Walter Scott, Robert Mulligan, Maureen Stapleton, Katherine Allentuck
Coming of age amid the backdrop of World War II is handled tenderly in this film. It is the story of a sexually inexperienced teenage boy who falls in love, from afar, with a young bride whose husband has left for the war.
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Sweet Lorraine 1987 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Gomer
Cast: Maureen Stapleton, Trini Alvarado, Lee Richardson, John Bedford Lloyd, Freddie Roman, Giancarlo Esposito, Todd Graff, Edie Falco, Tamara Tunie, Evan Handler
The Lorraine is a hotel in the Catskills that is falling on hard times. Maureen Stapleton plays the owner who must decide whether to sell out to developers or hang in there with her dreams for the hotel.
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Wilbur Falls 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dead Silence
Director: Juliane Glantz
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sally Kirkland, Shanee Edwards, Cherilyn Hayres, Charles Newmark, Maureen Stapleton, Suzanne Cryer, Fred Stoller, Peter Kovner, David Anthony Marshall
Renata (Shanee Edwards) is giving the valedictorian address at her high-school graduation when she drops her bomb: she killed a classmate. Flashbacks tell the tale of what happened, and before long the audience will probably not care as the film meanders into abortion, lesbian affairs, and other matters.
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1. Addicted to Love (1997)
2. Airport (1970)
3. Alice in Wonderland (1983)
4. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
5. Cocoon (1985)
6. Cocoon: The Return (1988)
7. The Fan (1981)
8. The Fugitive Kind (1959)
9. Heartburn (1986)
10. Interiors (1978)
11. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
12. The Last Good Time (1994)
13. Letters from Frank (1979)
14. Little Gloria...Happy at Last (1982)
15. Lonelyhearts (1958)
16. Lost and Found (1979)
17. Made in Heaven (1987)
18. The Money Pit (1986)
19. Nuts (1987)
20. On the Right Track (1981)
21. Plaza Suite (1971)
22. Reds (1981)
23. The Runner Stumbles (1979)
24. Summer of '42 (1971)
25. Sweet Lorraine (1987)
26. Wilbur Falls (1998)
aka: Dead Silence
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